Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, Sep 03, 2005 7:04pm PDTWell the hookers and blow just showed up so I'm off for some holiday fun! Enjoy the weekend girls!
- HD-DVD delay - Sup with school net access - What's next for AMD? - 4G Cell phone pleaseLastly, your amusing MS vs Google story
Daily Filter: Planetside 2, Deadlight
Weekend PC digital deals: strategy-o-rama
38 Studios, Harry Potter Kinect - Shacknews Daily: May 25, 2012
Minecraft for Xbox 360 dev working on 'Adventure' update
Demon's Souls servers extended again
I did a quick comment search and didn't see this, but if you are a big fan of Quake or UT2k3 , you have got to try this game out.
http://www.warsow.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8096
It's called warsow. Basically it takes everything that was done right in q1, q2, q3 and ut and adds it all into a standalone q2-engine dm game. Although it has most of the cvars of q2, it is nothing like q2. It has the speed of Quake 1, the double jumping of Quake 2, and on top of that, it has a dodge/walljump button like UT. Think CPMA but with more movement options available and in a more simplfied manner.
Now it is the q2 engine, so visually it's not the greatest thing in the world. It is cel-shaded and it has some pretty simple artwork and level design but, if you ask me, this is the ultimate example of gameplay over graphics.
Right now it only has about 3 maps available for it. It's still in beta stage but give it a shot. If you love classic fast-paced dm, you will enjoy this.
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but it, eh, had an accident.
I present to you...
the anus cake]}
http://members.iinet.com.au/~mitchellgrove/Image011.jpg
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Also, Toraz.. :)
How likely am I to be successful in overclocking a 3800+ X2 to MAXIMUMFAST? Corsair RAM and a DFI board provided?
that they will have them on release day confirmed, the guy says "well, at least i can surprise you with the fact it's only going to be 30$!" and i say, "yeah, it was always going to be that price."
i leave and my mother is staring at me like her daughter is a space alien. le sigh.
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How hot does your GPU run when idle and when running a game?
Mine runs at about 56-58 degrees when in windows and peaks at about 76 degrees when playing a game like BF2.
Are these temperatures bad? I know the card says it has a ceiling of about 115 degrees but I thought I'd ask.
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WATCH IT!
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a) Ex-police chief
b) Ex-fire captain
c) Ex-army general
d) President of International Arabian Horse Club
If you answered D, you are correct. The only qualifications the head of FEMA possesses is being a Republican, he has no prior experience in this area.
Michael Chertoff (Director of Homeland Security, which FEMA is a part of) was being interviewed by Wolf Blitzer. He retorted that the head of FEMA had been on the job through four hurricanes last year, and that he had, "plenty of people under him with 20 years of experience." That tells me two things--one, we are damn lucky we didn't have a disaster like this last year. Second, why isn't one of those people with 20 years of experience in charge I guess the reason is that FEMA is one of those never-need-it-anyways agencies, so why not have a political appointee run it?
I don't care if you're a republican or democrat or libertarian, this should make your blood boil.
Here's a google news search (http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=&q=FEMA+arabian+horse&btnG=Search+News ) with plenty of links.
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Broly is finishing up his All Things Awesome right now, and then I'll be playing an hour of TOOL (playlist to follow). After that stay tuned for Uncle Slappy, who knows you're gay because you listen to Coldplay (not that there's anything wrong with that). After that is apparently dead air, but we'll see.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=25901
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http://www.teamkilled.net/index.php?subaction=showcomments&id=1125821908
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Where: BF2.shackbattles.com
When: Sunday, 9:00 P.M. E.S.T. until whenever we quit
Teamspeak server: ra.gotdns.org, or ts.shackbattles.com (they're the same TS server)
Server passwords can be found in the profiles of the people who maintain the servers.
Remember the new rules and tips for using Teamspeak:
http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=10509086
(Keep in mind that Teamspeak is recommended for all games, but most strongly recommended for Sundays, especially for commanders and squad leaders. We aren't requiring it yet.)
Stats are here:
http://www.shackbattles.com/bf2stats/
Server monitor is here:
http://www.shackbattles.com/servermonitor/
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Before http://turd_ferguson.shackspace.com/car/Picture%20001.jpg
After http://turd_ferguson.shackspace.com/car/Picture.jpg
I also hit the hood and a few other spots with some maguires rubbing compound as the paint is fairly oxidized pretty much all over the car. Its cleaning up nicely so far but its going to take a bit more work to get it all done.
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Anyone remember this great game: http://www.computergames.ro/emuromania/z80-legend/w/gif/w.e.c.lemans128.gif
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5238387308&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1
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i like take a drink
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You may not know that Necros, the tracker who did the Crusader soundtrack, is still making music. His real name is Andrew Sega, and he has a musical outlet called The Alpha Conspiracy. Here is their homepage:
http://www.alphaconspiracy.com/
I first heard his stuff in background music on the Mindcandy DVD (a DVD of old and new PC demos; it's awesome, I own a copy, go check it out http://www.mindcandydvd.com/ , they're making a Volume 2: Amiga Demos now). The tracks I heard were off his first CD, "Cipher". He later released a second CD, Aura, which I now own. It is one of my favorite electronic releases ever. You can listen to some samples + buy it here:
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/alphacon3
You can also hear a couple full tracks off the album here:
http://www.alphaconspiracy.com/mp3/the%20alpha%20conspiracy%20-%20close.mp3
http://www.alphaconspiracy.com/mp3/the%20alpha%20conspiracy%20-%20wishing%20never.mp3
If you haven't checked out The Alpha Conspiracy before, I highly encourage you to do so. Both albums are good, though quite different in style (the first is more experimental, textural, almost ambient in places; the second is more breakbeat oriented). If there is interest, I can sign up for a couple KOCK slots tonight and play both full albums. Let me know if you'd be around and you'd like to hear them.
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